Best: Claire Danes

This airy and ethereal Armani Privé is perfect for Danes, who has the flawless skin and hair to pull it off. I could quibble and say she could have worn a little more jewelry, maybe a simple cuff, but that might have taken away from the impact of the dress. And when you’ve got a dress like this one, you don’t need much else, honestly.

Hmm..is HF turning into another E! Or People now? Do we really need yet ANOTHER site wasting words on stupidly expensive fashion items. People in North America are already in a ton of debt trying to chase the culture promoted by big fashion labels on the backs of celebrities..please don't become yet another site doing the same thing.

Do we need another site yakking about runway fashion? Hell, do we need another site yakking about anything? This is an old argument and I actually agree that most site red carpet coverage is total crap -- but not for the reasons you present. Most analysts don't know a damn thing about fashion (which makes their opinion less than useless). But as one of the drivers of our economy, runway fashion trends are surprisingly important, and they're often presented to a wide audience for the first time on, yes, the red carpet. And no, people aren't rushing out to buy Armani Prive -- but the average person is thinking they may want to get a blush-colored T-shirt. It's about trickle down retail. Independent apparel and shoe owners are a huge part of our economy -- if red carpet gets their consumer bases excited about shopping (which the crap fashion trends, like the unflattering babydoll, of the last few years haven't) it's only good for our economy.

What someone wears on the red carpet can make a difference in their career -- remember when Jennifer Lopez became a household name? It wasn't for "Out of Sight," it was for that green tropical low cut dress. I don't think ANYONE except the very rich goes out and tries to buy Armani Prive based on red carpet coverage unless they're a compulsive shopper.

"Deluxe" is an excellent book to answer the question of "why is runway fashion so crazy and ugly?" and "who cares about clothing no one can afford?" Fashion is more complex and more influential than most people realize. Including most fashion commentators.

When you're dressing for a red carpet event, if you go with a difficult color you're basically choosing between looking good on TV or looking good on the red carpet -- and in some photos she looked positively washed out. I liked the idea, but it just didn't play as well as I would have liked. But she did look wowza during the actual ceremony.